Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary in-charge of Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll, Ashwani Tyagi, on Wednesday claimed that for the first time the entire Saifai family has been forced to knock on the doors of voters due to the fear of losing the seat.
Attacking SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s tenure as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Tyagi said that the state was converted into a large industry of kidnapping, abduction, corruption, extortion and land-grabbing and the future of the young generation was spoiled.
The bypoll to the Mainpuri seat, which fell vacant following the death of SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, is slated for December 5. Late Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav has been fielded by the SP and the BJP has made Raghuraj Shakya its nominee for the seat which is considered to be the stronghold of the SP. Saifai is the native village of Mulayam Singh Yadav in Etawah district which is also part of the Mainpuri parliamentary constituency.
Tyagi, who along with UP Tourism and Culture Minister Jaivir Singh is camping in Mainpuri to manage and supervise the election, said it was for the first time in political history that the entire Saifai family was doing door-to-door campaigning. Tyagi said Yogi Adityanath’s government had dealt with the criminals with an iron hand and had ensured honour and safety to all citizens across the state without discrimination of caste, class, or religion.
The safety of women was a big issue during the previous regimes as incidents of gang-rape with minor girls and women were common, Tyagi said. He said the BJP government gave special attention to the safety of women and now they felt safe to move around during late night hours. “Girls go to schools in a secure atmosphere and now their parents never worry about their safe return,” he added.
Tyagi also claimed that the BJP governments at the Centre and in the state headed by Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath respectively had given several schemes and programmes for the uplift of economic and social lives of the poor and the downtrodden. “To ensure all-round development, the state government led by Yogi Adityanath has floated plans to achieve the ambitious one-trillion-dollar economy by setting up big industries,” he pointed out.
The BJP leader claimed that since law and order in the state had become a model for other states to follow, big industrial houses now preferred Uttar Pradesh as a safe destination to set up their industries and this would also create employment avenues for the young generation. He said with the initiative of the chief minister, big foreign industrialists now preferred UP as a safe place to invest to set up and promote their industries in the state.